Canadian-born Michelle Jephcott grew up in Germany and now makes her home in East Tennessee where she has won several regional juried photography competitions including Best of Show at the Tennessee Valley Fair, the result of which is an invitation to join the jury panel for the 2008 competition. Her gritty Urban Explorations series is currently on exhibit in Knoxville, Tennessee.
She is the proud mother of a precocious and beautiful daughter who is an aspiring photographer, supermodel, ballerina and engineer, and the curator of a collection of cameras, both digital and film, which she someday hopes to learn how to use with proficiency.
Michelle is responsible for Member Services on Utata. She maintains the weekly new member threads and answers questions about the sometimes-bewildering array of services available on the site (from how to get member pages to using the Utata badge and icons).